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 Just Tony wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Damn.


Now what the hell are we going to do for next April Fools?

Fimir?

An actual Lovecraftian army?

WFB?

Fimir were on the Forgeworld AoS poster, so those are a possibility to come out from them.

 Captain Joystick wrote:
I'd had a whole shtick ready, "It's a trick! Don't be fooled! They're luring us into a trap!" but I'd hate for Doritos to mistake me for whatever boogeyman he's looking for...

Let me say I'm quite excited, actual signs of progress at last!

 John Prins wrote:
My only dilemma at this point is choosing a color scheme.

Candy apple red for me, with a little black here and there to break it up.

Spoiler:

I've been painting mine like mikos. This one won't be different.

Her backpack has no vents.

Impressive looking model otherwise. Would be impressed if that is fling to be plastic.

 SickSix wrote:
Her backpack has no vents.

Impressive looking model otherwise. Would be impressed if that is fling to be plastic.

Looks like a standard Sororitas backpack to me.

Ignoring for a moment that it's specifically called out as a plastic Sister, you know what would actually impress me? If GW decided to showcase new plastic Sisters with a resin model. That would be prime comedy material. I wouldn't even be mad.

 SickSix wrote:
Her backpack has no vents.

They're below the bulbs. Just like with regular power armour actually, the larger bulb vents on Space Marine armour are thrusters for zero-G navigation.

 BrookM wrote:

 SickSix wrote:
Her backpack has no vents.

They're below the bulbs. Just like with regular power armour actually, the larger bulb vents on Space Marine armour are thrusters for zero-G navigation.

A feature which I find to be really cool about Marine power armour. I wonder if it helps them jump?

 Haighus wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 SickSix wrote:
Her backpack has no vents.

They're below the bulbs. Just like with regular power armour actually, the larger bulb vents on Space Marine armour are thrusters for zero-G navigation.

A feature which I find to be really cool about Marine power armour. I wonder if it helps them jump?

Well, if you take CS Goto seriously, it can help terminators back flip

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 SickSix wrote:
Her backpack has no vents.

They're below the bulbs. Just like with regular power armour actually, the larger bulb vents on Space Marine armour are thrusters for zero-G navigation.

A feature which I find to be really cool about Marine power armour. I wonder if it helps them jump?

Well, if you take CS Goto, it can help terminators back flip

Does anyone take CS "multilazor" Goto...? Terminators don't even have them!

I forgot to type "seriously"
That said, I kind of want there to be an relic called CS Goto's Multilaser.
You give it to a character in terminator armor, and it gives him the fly rule.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
I forgot to type "seriously"
That said, I kind of want there to be an relic called CS Goto's Multilaser.
You give it to a character in terminator armor, and it gives him the fly rule.

But doesn’t actually have a shooting attack, despite replacing their stormbolter.


On the topic of the preview Sister, I think I’m going to get two; one to paint in my own Order’s heraldry and the other to do up as close to the original as possible.

Whilst a very pretty model and very true to the artwork, there is something very off about it, bit of an uncanny valley kinda thing.

I shouldn't complain though because....well...plastic Sororitas!

 Malika2 wrote:
Whilst a very pretty model and very true to the artwork, there is something very off about it, bit of an uncanny valley kinda thing.

I shouldn't complain though because....well...plastic Sororitas!

I always get that with renders- I think it is because they have made it in heroic proportions. That looks right on the models, but not on renders.

Ben2 wrote:

 Just Tony wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Damn.


Now what the hell are we going to do for next April Fools?

Fimir?

An actual Lovecraftian army?

WFB?

Fimir were on the Forgeworld AoS poster, so those are a possibility to come out from them.

Given that Forgeworld has been making a few Fimir models.. Not sure why this is so weird now.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Now I can't unsee the fact that the bolter has two ejection ports.

I get that each side is identical, and it was probably just lazy modelling.... but it actually could make sense. Lets assume it's designed to be ambidextrous, and both of those humps are the same charging handle. Look a some images of the ARX-160; it's like 80% there. Make the hook gigantic and it would look about the same.

 Ouze wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Now I can't unsee the fact that the bolter has two ejection ports.

I get that each side is identical, and it was probably just lazy modelling.... but it actually could make sense. Lets assume it's designed to be ambidextrous, and both of those humps are the same charging handle. Look a some images of the ARX-160; it's like 80% there. Make the hook gigantic and it would look about the same.

Spoiler:

It would be nice if this translated to some left-handed poses on the eventual models. Ambidextrous design was my first thought too.

Some bolter designs are with the ambidextrous in mind.

I'm looking in my bits box and I have dozens of bolters going back to 3rd edition with dual ejection ports. This has been a thing forever.

 BrookM wrote:
Some bolter designs are with the ambidextrous in mind.

Some are even apparently designed to be held upside down for certain forgeworld models.

 pretre wrote:
I'm looking in my bits box and I have dozens of bolters going back to 3rd edition with dual ejection ports. This has been a thing forever.

It is specifically the Sororitas' Godwyn-De'az which have always had a single ejection port.


And it's not like their bolters are totally unimportant. From the annotations accompanying the original use of the Kopinsky artwork in Codex: Witch Hunters (pg.19):
'The standard issue weapon for all Battle Sisters since the Orders Militant were formed, the Godwyn-De'az pattern bolter has remained unchanged for millennia, largely due to its superior performance in comparison to other weapons of its class. But the Godwyn-De'az is much more than a weapon to the Sisters of Battle: it is a symbol of the Emperor's divine judgement, the first and foremost of the 'holy trinity' of bolter, flamer and melta with which the Adepta Sororitas bring justice to the manifold enemies of mankind'.


It's undoubtedly a relatively minor point, and it's not like it significantly detracts from the model; but minor details are important too.

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 pretre wrote:
I'm looking in my bits box and I have dozens of bolters going back to 3rd edition with dual ejection ports. This has been a thing forever.

It is specifically the Sororitas' Godwyn-De'az which have always had a single ejection port.


And it's not like their bolters are totally unimportant. From the annotations accompanying the original use of the Kopinsky artwork in Codex: Witch Hunters (pg.19):
'The standard issue weapon for all Battle Sisters since the Orders Militant were formed, the Godwyn-De'az pattern bolter has remained unchanged for millennia, largely due to its superior performance in comparison to other weapons of its class. But the Godwyn-De'az is much more than a weapon to the Sisters of Battle: it is a symbol of the Emperor's divine judgement, the first and foremost of the 'holy trinity' of bolter, flamer and melta with which the Adepta Sororitas bring justice to the manifold enemies of mankind'.


It's undoubtedly a relatively minor point, and it's not like it significantly detracts from the model; but minor details are important too.

Godwyn Deaz changes what it has depending on the artwork. Check out any of the codexes and look for ejection ports on them. Heck, for an unchanging weapon, look at the 2nd edition vs 3rd edition version. They definitely changed.
It's a silly thing to get upset over on the new models

There's minor details and there's absolutely microscopic details though. If a non-standard ejection system on a particular pattern of fictional weapon on your toy soldiers ruins your immersion in the setting, you may need to take a step back and reconsider your priorities.

 pretre wrote:
[Godwyn Deaz changes what it has depending on the artwork. Check out any of the codexes and look for ejection ports on them. Heck, for an unchanging weapon, look at the 2nd edition vs 3rd edition version. They definitely changed.

See, you say that, but can you give me a reference for an illustration from any of the Sisters' Codexes which shows a Godwyn-De'az with an ejection port on the proper right side?

Because I've looked, and I've not seen one.

Thommy H wrote:
If a non-standard ejection system on a particular pattern of fictional weapon on your toy soldiers ruins your immersion in the setting, you may need to take a step back and reconsider your priorities.

Who said that my immersion in the setting is ruined by this?

 Lord Damocles wrote:

 pretre wrote:
[Godwyn Deaz changes what it has depending on the artwork. Check out any of the codexes and look for ejection ports on them. Heck, for an unchanging weapon, look at the 2nd edition vs 3rd edition version. They definitely changed.

See, you say that, but can you give me a reference for an illustration from any of the Sisters' Codexes which shows a Godwyn-De'az with an ejection port on the proper right side?

Because I've looked, and I've not seen one.

Oh that's not codex.

2nd Ed Codex: P60 (smoking ejection port), P45 (No ejection port/lever on left, so...)

Witch Hunters, Cover and page 26, no ejection por/lever on left for model with yellow bolter). Page 10, brass being thrown to the right on a combiweapon. Page 29, all the weapons appear to have right ejection ports

 Yodhrin wrote:
It'll be a 25 quid "limited release" plastic model like the anniversary Primaris Sergeant, except this time people might actually buy them. EDIT: That's me speculating, by the way, not event info.

I might pick one up even at that price if the figure has powerful rules, like Guilliman or Belisarius Cawl level. Not impossible.

plastic sisters might be too little too late most of us have settled for others in our long wake. Cost and options might deter that but we shall see

angel of death 007 wrote:
plastic sisters might be too little too late most of us have settled for others in our long wake. Cost and options might deter that but we shall see

Most of us? I certainly didn't

Splendid model, I love it!

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Its pretty nice, but they messed up the face.

The face is awesome. She looks pissed. She looks irate. She looks like she wants to rip your spinal cord to beat you to death with it. She looks… sororitas!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Can't wait to see the rest of the range, and can't wait to watch our resident SoB players bitch about this endlessly.

Bitch about what? Which players? Are you trying humor in repetition? Or did you miss basically all SoB players being unanimous about Celestine being great and this new model being great?

He's just salty because he'll lose his favourite "joke" in a few months time.

More like he's salty because he has already lost it .
Seriously with what GW is bringing up these day, Sisters players are among the least salty of the whole playerbase, lately

So, now that we've had a sign that they're actually working on them, and that the results are coming along very well, I'm switching my "Sisters are Coming" from optimistically cautious to cautiously optimistic.